Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-28
FOR PRESIDENT CONVERSE.

The Plans for an Elegant New Resi.
 denee on Orange Street Next to the
 President Clark Residence-TO Cost
 About Thirty Thousand Dollars
 What the General Features Will Be.
 An elegant new residence is soon to be erected on Orange street on the lot next south of the residence erected by MT. John c. Anderson and recently purchased by Pres ident Clark of the Consolidated road The new residence will be erected by William w. Converse, president of the Winchester Arms company. The plans for the same have just been finished by David R. Brown. MT. Charles D. Kinney, the mason builder, has been awarded the contract for it's erection, and begins at once the work. The plans have been viewed at MT. Browns office by a number of our most prominent citizens, who express themselves concerning the coming new residence in terms of high appreciation and pleasure. It will be handsome aud notable addition to Orange street, which has so long held rank as among the most pleas and is devoted so exclusively above Elm street for over mile to private residences.
 The new residence will be seventy feet in
 depth by forty in width and three stories high The lower part of the structure up to
 the first story window sills will be of the
 East Haven red sandstone, and above that it
 will be mainly of North Haven brick with
 Philadelphia pressed brick for special pur-
 poses. The portico in front will be quite
 massive and heavily arched in stone and em- bellished with architectural adoInments.
 On the south corner will be an octagon tower jutting out from the main structure
 and rising to point 10 or 15 feet above the roof, the cap being Oriental in style. A bal cony will project from the second story in front over the drawing room windows to about the center of the house on the south side. In front will be 8 bay window. Over it will be carved stone facings, as also over the portico and the conspicuous lower win dows of the residence, the latter having also upright brick caps surmounting the Oriental stone work. The entire upper front of the building will be handsomely slated, in the bright red Vermont stone, as also the portion of the front directly over the portico. A fancy gable with tasteful panel wood work contributes to the adornment of the houses
 front. The gable window resembles the Queen Anne style, but is original and mod ern in ornamentation. An oriel window adorns each lower story of the circular part of the tower. On the north side of the house
 will be another oriel window, over the stairway, and ornamented with stained glass. There is bay window to the cham
 Der over the dining room, on the south side.
 There are three projecting gables on the side toward the Clark residence, and on the
 south side is the balcony, charming in design
 and under it piazza at the first story. The chimneys project from the house on each side, and all the gables are ornamented with pretty windows and panel work.
 On the first floor are the parlor, the sitting room and the ''den," or smoking room, all of which will be dressed in mahogany. The hall and the dining room will be finished in quartered oak, antique finish, and the ceiling of the hall panelled.
 The stairways will be of oak. A little alcoye in front of the stairs looks out upon the street in either direction. In the second story will be the family chamber in front, over the portico, and four guest chambers and the bathroom. In the attic will be the billiard room, chess room and three large bedrooms; also a trunk room and house closet. The billiard room will be trimmed in ash and the rest of the attic in white pine with natural finish. The finishing of the rooms on the second floor will be entirely of ash. There will be other bathrooms and all the work will be frst-class. The building and furnishing of the residence will occupy about one year. The cost of building it will be about $50, ,000